INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS TRYING
TO STOP ISRAELI WAR CRIMES; PREPARING FOR IMMINENT ATTACK IN
JENIN

[JENIN] Over 40 international activists have placed
themselves in life threatening situations to halt Israeli
war crimes being carried out right now in Jenin. Currently
there are three situations:

1. Internationally acclaimed
author Starhawk and over a dozen other activists are trying
to stop the demolition of several homes near Wadi Birkin.
The international peace activists have been tear gassed
repeatedly and are gravely concerned about the two Apache
helicopters flying overhead firing sporadically. Caiomhe
Butterly, Irish, approached a nearby house where she could
see approximately 25 men being held and stoned by Israeli
soldiers. The area commander began to stone her as well
causing injuries to her legs and arms. Soldiers dragged her
away. The women and children from the homes have been taken
by the Israeli forces to an unknown location.

2. The
Israeli military has contacted the mayor of Jenin informing
him of their intentions to blow up the Nadi Youth and
Cultural Center. Internationals with ISM and the French
Civil Mission for the Protection of the Palestinian People
are planning to enter the center as well as surround it in a
human chain.

3. Two tanks and a jeep entered the city
center and began firing on Palestinian civilians this
morning. Due to local resistance the Israeli army pulled out
but are currently en route to the city center again with
reinforcements. Activists are in the city center and plan to
protect the Palestinian civilians by acting as human
shields. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions, collective
punishments are a war crime. Article 33 of the Fourth
Convention states: "No protected person may be punished for
an offense he or she has not personally committed," and
"collective penalties and likewise all measures of
intimidation or of terrorism are
prohibited."

International activists and Palestinian
civilians call on the members of the press to expose these
vicious acts of violence and outrageous war crimes. Please
contact internationals in Jenin immediately:

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